Roger Ahlman

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Roger Ahlman, Swedish but living in Quito, Ecuador since late 2005. I work as a birdguide in Ecuador and Peru on a free lance basis also organizing my own tours.
E-mail: rahlman2002@yahoo.se, tele +593-(2)-3341242, cel 0999 130 583
webpage: http://www.pbase.com/ahlman

According to Birds of Ecuador, not known from anywhere near Esmeraldas province. However in recent years it has been found to be more widespread in western Ecuador. This poor cut is uploaded just as documentation of its existence here.

Edge of mangrove. It came in to playback of XC72107 but I only got a brief glimpse of it when it was less than 50 m away and flew away in response to playback of its own call.
May seem way out-of-range but there are actually a few other records in western Ecuador. One was seen in late march a few years ago a bit north of this site and a juvenile male has been collected a bit south of this site. So a singing bird that responds to playback in june seems to fit in quite well. Are they maybe breeding in northwest Ecuador???
It is very similar to Yellow-billed Cuckoo but a singing bird, heard for over an hour, in early june would seem very unlikely.